Legislation

North America
Already in 2007, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 126 to make ESP® mandatory from September 2011 onwards for all new vehicles with a total gross weight of up to 10,000 pounds (approx. 4,536 kg). NHTSA had calculated that the standard equipment of ESP® could save up to 9,600 lives and prevent as many as 238,000 injuries every year in the U.S. alone.

In Canada, all vehicles with a total gross weight of up to 10,000 pounds (4,536 kg) sold after September 2011 will have to be equipped with ESP® as standard. Furthermore, there are currently negotiations being conducted with the Canadian car manufacturers to increase the fitment of ESP® on Canadian vehicle models before 2011.